ADMIN: Friendly Reminder re: Fanfic Discussions

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 14684

Hi --

Okay, I can tell you all have been ignoring the ADMIN messages about the
Announcements & OT-Chatter groups. Yeah, you know -- the ones I've been
sending out *every day* for 2 weeks now.  <g>

Please remember that fanfic plugs belong on the Announcements list.
Discussions of fanfic should be moved to OT-Chatter.  There are lots of
great fanfic listserves & sites out there too (see our Links section for
some recommendations).  We do want to give our member FF authors the
chance to plug their chapters -- but it should be done on Announcements
(one plug per chapter).  We decided to move discussion of fanfics over
to OT-Chatter to try & reduce message volume.

Also, while I have your attention (hopefully) -- please review what goes
into Announcements & what goes into OT-Chatter.  If you're ever unsure
about whether something belongs someplace other than our main group, the
Moderators would be happy to give you some guidance.  The lists of
subject topics that belong in each of these groups can also be found on
the Home Page for the Announcements & OT-Chatter groups, respectively,
and they can be found in the Files section of the main group (and in the
VFAQ document  -- also in the Files section of this group).  Our overall
objective is not to confuse people (or make anyone angry).  We're just
trying to address concerns about the huge message volume that were
raised in the last few months.

So, it will be very helpful if everyone remembers that news links belong
in Announcements & that Fanfic discussions belong in OT-Chatter for
example.  And, uh .... anything where you start out saying, "This is OT
but ...." or "I think this might be mostly OT but ...." -- those types
of messages belong in OT-Chatter.

Thanks!!

Penny